Suwon City Implements Personnel Changes Following Organizational Restructuring in April and July

Once the "Suwon City Administrative Structure and Authorized Personnel Ordinance Enforcement Rules" and "Suwon City Local Civil Service Authorized Personnel Regulations" are promulgated in early April, Suwon City will conduct personnel changes in two phases—in April and July—to reflect the organizational restructuring.

In the personnel changes to be carried out in April, the Environment Bureau will be reorganized from under the First Deputy Mayor to under the Second Deputy Mayor, a new Art Museum Division will be established, the Military Airport Relocation Cooperation Bureau's name will be changed, the rank of the Audit Officer will be elevated, and the Library Division will establish new teams for the Gwanggyo Green Forest and Maeyeoul libraries.

The Director (Grade 4) of the Art Museum Division, the Director of Suwon Municipal Artpark Museum (Grade 5), and the Audit Officer (Grade 4)—whose rank has been elevated from Grade 5 to strengthen audit functions—will be designated as open-ended positions, and procedures to recruit external experts will begin immediately upon promulgation of the ordinance.

The Military Airport Relocation Cooperation Bureau, which will be formally established in April, will have its division names changed to the Relocation Support Division (Military Airport Relocation Division) and Coexistence Cooperation Division (Military Airport Support Division), with adjusted functions. Additionally, a new Communication and Cooperation Division will be established to further accelerate the military airport relocation project.

Other personnel changes, including the elevation of the Gwonseon and Yeongtong District Office heads from Grade 4 (existing) to Grade 3, establishment of a Grade 4 Agricultural Technology Center, creation of Grade 5 Human Resources and Ecological Transportation divisions, Green Space and Parks divisions at four district offices, and 34 new teams will be implemented in early July following the launch of the seventh popular election administration.

Since 2016, Suwon City has operated personnel management by pre-selecting Grade 5 Administrative Clerks for promotion to minimize vacancies in departmental leadership positions. This time, taking into consideration local government elections, the city plans to conduct recruitment in early July for Grade 5 vacancies resulting from organizational restructuring, courtesy leave, and honorable retirement.

An official from Suwon City stated, "Due to an unprecedented organizational restructuring that will increase authorized personnel by eight divisions, 42 teams, and 247 positions, large-scale vacancies are expected, and we plan to conduct most personnel changes in July to prevent organizational management burden. However, for urgent departments and positions designated as open-ended, we will split the personnel changes into two phases to conduct them in early April," the official explained.